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December 21, 2007
Snow, eh
A friend of mine from Canada recently sent me photos of a snowfall they'd had. They got three feet of the stuff.
What many American's don't realize is that snowfalls of over two feet can be so intense that they actually suck the color right out of the air leaving only shades of gray and, sometimes, Sepia.
Right now the Cleveland readers are saying, "He's right. Sometimes we get so much snow the whole city looks black and white and totally lacking anything in the way of color. To those folks I say, "Nice try. That's just Cleveland."
As some of you may know my degree is in Mass Communications. What you may not know is that, per FCC Regulation, if anyplace in the United States is predicted to get three feet or more of snow in one falling, the weatherman is allowed to say something like, "Central Ohio is currently under a winter weather advisory and can expect three fucking feet of snow by drive time tomorrow evening," without any fear of receiving a fine.
Posted by delmer at December 21, 2007 12:22 AM
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Do you recall the Blizzard of '78? While living in Michigan, we had over 28 inches in 24 hours. So, in addition of the snowfall we already had and the snow drifts, we had snow levels reached to the top of the roofline of our 1 story home. I remember my dad taking the door hinges off, removing snow by shoveling many cubic feet of snow and putting it in the basement to melt near our woodburning stove. It was a sight I will never forget. And, I was in snowmobile heaven!
Posted by: Michael at December 20, 2007 10:41 PM
Those are some Great Shots! I like the Sepia tones to them, it made me feel like I was taking a step back in time.
~ZZ
Good evening!
;)
Posted by: Greeneyezz at December 20, 2007 10:54 PM
Michael: I remember the Blizzard. We had more snow days than we knew what to do with. One of our sales guys was in earlier this week and mentioned that the day he moved away from Michigan they had snow to the roof tops.
Greeneyezz: Of course, if you were to colorize them it would be like stepping out your front door.
Posted by: delmer at December 21, 2007 12:10 AM
I can't remember ever having snow to the rooftop, but it's been pretty close at times. The thing in Finland is that even when we get a lot of snow, life goes on like normal. No days off school just because of a lot of snow :)
Beautiful pictures! I wish we would have at least some snow over here by now, but nothing. Winters aren't the same anymore and snowless winters are just depressing.
Posted by: Susie at December 21, 2007 1:41 AM
Michigansnow ... just runs into one word from about Dec-March.
I like the last photo =)
Posted by: Nancy at December 21, 2007 7:46 AM
HA!
You are absolutely right.
You make it kinda feel like home for me.
Thank you, from the bottom of my shovel. ;)
~ZZ
Posted by: Greeneyezz at December 21, 2007 8:35 AM
Susie, Nancy, Greeneyezz: You all get a lot more snow that we do in Columbus ... but I'll bet we act more paralyzed by the bits we get.
Posted by: delmer at December 21, 2007 9:34 PM
Could we get half a foot of that snow in Holland tomorrow? BTW: Terve terve Suzie
Posted by: Jack at December 23, 2007 9:50 AM
No wonder you never hear swear words on air in Houston...
Kidding!!!!! Nice photos! Very funny on Cleveland!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jill/Twipply Skwood at December 23, 2007 8:54 PM